Historical Events
1190 – Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
1776 – British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
1800 – British warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die
1943 – F Hugh Herbert’s “Kiss and Tell” premieres in NYC
1976 – Rubin “Hurricane” Carter is retried
2019 – Facebook removes 1.5 million videos of the Christchurch mosque shootings in first 24 hrs after the attack, although only 1.2 million blocked at upload
Famous Birthdays
1777 – Roger Brooke Taney, 5th Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (Dred Scott decision), born in Calvert, Maryland (d. 1864)
1908 – Radie Britain, American composer, born near Silverton, Texas (d. 1994)
1932 – Dick Curless, singer/songwriter
1945 – Michael Hayden, General USAF, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1951 – Donald Findlay, Scottish lawyer
1965 – Caitlin Bilodeaux, US fencer (Olympic-92), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Famous Deaths
1425 – Ashikaga Yoshikazu, 5th Japanese shÅgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, dies at 17
1861 – Petter Conrad Boman, Swedish composer, dies at 56
1902 – George William Warren, composer, dies at 73
1974 – Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73
1990 – Rick Grech, British musician (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
2005 – George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)